2 threads of artistic design inspiration in an Africa art inspired landscape.
Thread 1.
In established architectural cultures with deep existing heritage. It's really those of that culture who are tasked with the design of the architecture, art & design of their own culture. as observers we can just marvel. Africa has age old established cultures with rich artistic design architectural heritage, who just need to keep adding to their incredible depth & continue to create their dynamic future design vision as set out by their previous poets, artists and architects.
Thread 2.
Those of us born on this incredible continent that is Africa, 2nd , 3rd generations , who now don't really have 1 established cultural heritage. Who's new cultural blue blood comes from several heritages, that they now look to understand and artiistically explore. These recently arrived Africa borns Can establish their own unique inspired Artistic design identity. An interpreted creative design artistic journey from being inspired by living on the dynamic Africa continent.
Below in the pictures is just one such thread 2's interpretation of being inspired by living in Africa. Termed Africa fauvistic design style, wildetecture , erxell, evokatism.
As a young artist first, designer in cape town, many, many years ago. i had an ephiny artistic experience. I nievely took all my then complete oeuvre of creative work. All grown outside of any established artistic framework and magnanimously showcased it to an artistic design forum. Like all artists we are built with this idea we are an art piece awaiting discovery. Well i was now about to be discovered. Just a formality really. All those hours of capturing what i thought was my deep inner thoughts, onto paper. This process gives an artist a form of deranged arrogant egotistical mania. All my then work from poetry, stories, architectural work and more. I look back now and realise it was nothing really. Just a limited vacuum grown artists closeted understanding of art. All my then work printed into an a4 bound booklet and proudly handed in to this esteemed design panel. I cant remember why i did that, i do remember feeling they going to love this hugely raw artistic portfolio. They where going to see potentail.
I didnt hear back from them for a very long while. So i thought it was a huge mistake. So i went into the offices expecting a prodical artistic son has arrived home reception. Boy did i get a huge dose of mockery mirth artistic reality. I did manage to run out of there with all my printed work back. i remember walking out of their feeling completely and utterly gutted. I now have seen that gutted look many times in others. When Simon Cowell says to the America has talent contestants, they are terrible. That look in their eyes of thinking they had talent, all brought down publicly to, nope you suck. Man do i go red in the face from sadness and embarrassment for them.
Looking back now, For me this very earthing experience was the best thing to ever happen to me. Over time I resolved after much ego pride nonsense wound licking. To never ever put my art design work infront of cold fowl design feet ever again. Validation is an internal artistic process first. Creativity, art, design is mostly subjective. My process changed from art being for you, to art being for me. Which meant me as my own critic. How ones work is received is secondary to the process of creating art. Well that necesary experience has allowed me to go artistic bos. Dabbling in several mediums of self expression. My a4 art oeuvre is much thicker now. I go through bursts of doing stuff. Then im stagnant for awhile. I realise this is all a process of aligning ones own thoughts. The reaction to living this life has a creative output. Its unique to you, your experience is individual. I now know i dont need esteemed design panels to remind me im mad. I just need to validate myself that a itch scratched is better after the fact. An art work is best out than in. Express yourself creatively. Most sensitive artists after realizing they suck, quit. Im fortunately for me not you , most artists.
